Hi,
So I bought this router Tenda TX9 PRO AX3000 TX9 Pro web page
and I've been using it for 2 years. It does not run that well and was crashing 2 to 3 times per week and was not logging any problems but from hardware point of view it has pretty nice specs for a lower price so I was wondering if I coud install openWrt and be done with it.
Tenda TX9 PRO AX3000
Hardware
CPU - dual-core 1.6GHz
Standard&Protocol - IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u,IEEE802.3ab
Interfaces - 110/100/1000Mbps WAN port, 310/100/1000Mbps LAN ports
Antenna - 46dBi external antennas
Button - 1 WPS/Reset button
LED Indicator - SYS*1
Wireless
Wireless Standard - IEEE 802.11ac/a/n/ax 5GHz, IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax 2.4GHz
Data Rate - 5GHz: Up to 2402Mbps, 2.4GHz: Up to 574Mbps
Frequency - Simultaneous dual band 2.4
Transmission Power - CE: <20dBm(2.4G), <23dBm(5G)
Basic Features - Beamforming, MU-MIMO
Wireless Security -
WPA-PSK,WPA2-PSK, WPA/WPA2-PSK
WPA3-SAE/WPA2-PSK
Wireless Security: Enable/Disable
WPS(WiFi Protected Set-up) fast encryption
So I went to Table of Hardware and did not found this device.
After that I thought it might not be that hard to add support for my device and I found this New device support
And first step on the list was:
Make a detailed list of chips on the device and find info about support for them. Focus on processor, flash, ethernet and wireless
Right so the device was for some reason overheating so I was not against openning it and looking inside for chips and then adding a better cooling.
And look at that it has only metal plate for cooling, but what can you expect from a budget router. From this point I didn't see a serial port but it should have one.
Under the switch ports should be some relays?
Brand JWD
DG36002 G
2101-F
tried to google it and found nothing.
The chips are encased inside a metalic frame kind of standard practice.
There are only three chips outside it.
The one above
Winbond
25q128jvsq
2103
Found only this one without the sq at the end, but should be some sub type of this product. W25Q128JV
IF this chip is the same it should have 16MB flash memory.
ESMT
M15T1G1664A
AZC1 -DEB
P09H801S 047
This is the first I had exact match M15T1G1664A DDR3 SDRAM
That is ram.
Now I have to buy thermal pads and find some cooler that I can use on the top side.
Maybe this will help someone to find the other parts I was not able to identify.
I would like some advice where to go from here.
I will try and see what ways there are to get in to the bootloader of this router but never done this before. Any help would be appreciated.
PS: The guy that made the rule novice users can only have one media file in a post clearly hates photo documentation
That looks like a lantiq / Maxlinear SOC - none of which are supported.
Earlier versions of these were supported, but they're bascially abandoned now.
This is the closest I can find of someone getting it working - however there are no wifi modules available so it is a dead end.
